Getting bored of chocolate cake in a cup

**~Hestia~** · July 24th, 2012, 06:50 PM

Rouge you have just made my night!

**Beach Mama** · July 24th, 2012, 09:09 PM

Oh my LIFE Rouge - can't speak....... IT'S waiting for me to eat it.....BBS...........

WTA: Amazing...... Pity DH didn't want to share though because I ate about 1/3 and that is all I could manage! SOOOOO good!!! I used Old Gold dark choc toffee - it's all I had and yum yum just what I needed after a crapful day!!!

**Rouge** · July 25th, 2012, 09:25 AM

Yay. I'm glad you liked it. Who says you can't get decadence from a microwave

**sahbear** · July 25th, 2012, 09:30 AM

Oh my goodness! How did I not see this! Trying your molten goodness tonight Rouge!

**Maruschke** · July 25th, 2012, 01:14 PM

Rouge, my hips hate you, but it was like "50 shades of grey" for my tongue

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**~ Zarava Flutterby ~** · July 26th, 2012, 08:42 AM

Don't hate me...

Rouge's Chocolate Molten Lava Cake (in a mug)

1/4 cup of plain flour
1/4 cup of brown Sugar
2 Tbsp of Cocoa powder
1 Egg
3 Tablespoons of Milk
3 Tablespoons of Tub butter
8 squares of dark chocolate (roughly chopped into chunks) - DO NOT USE CHIPS! It helps the molten process.

Ok so mix the butter and sugar together then add the egg and mix, then add the milk and flour/cocoa. Once you are happy with the consistency stir though the choc chunks. Microwave in a mug (do not use a ramekin as it changes the cake completely) for 1min 20. Place a flat bowl over the top of the mug and turn out. You will be left with what looks like an erupted volcano with thick fudgey chocolate sauce and a beautiful light cake underneath.

I played with many recipes to perfect this. You need the brown sugar for the syrupy sauce, you need butter to ensure that it has that real flavour (I prefer not to melt it as it has a lighter sponge this way) and you must use chunks of chocolate instead of chips! I tend to drizzle it with cream. And DH and I can easily share one between us.

It should look like this...

Molten Lava Goodness

Rouge - honestly what are you doing to me.... i had MOST of the ingredients as basics in the cupboard but when i saw this i HAD to go and buy some dark chocolate... so much for my don't buy it don't eat it philosophy!

So now it looks like i'm making this today at some stage.....

**~ Zarava Flutterby ~** · July 26th, 2012, 10:43 AM

OMG IT'S HEAVEN IN A CUP!

Decided to make a 'morning tea' for the girls & Rouge my dear you could sell that!

It was so moist & delicious.... DD2 said it looked like dog poo but DD1 was wrapt & snapped up DD2's in no time... AMAZING!

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Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!

**Melbournemumma** · July 26th, 2012, 10:59 AM

Rouge, I am going to make this as a treat for DH and I tonight after the boys have gone to bed. May even have a coffee too

. Shhhh, no-one tell Michelle Bridges, pretty sure it's not on my diet

**Rouge** · July 26th, 2012, 02:42 PM

I'm so glad you love it as much as I do

**~me~** · August 6th, 2012, 02:14 PM

All I can say is......WOW!

Had this on Friday night and it came out beautiful, so rich! I couldn't eat the whole thing, my DH had a few mouthfuls and loved it.

**~me~** · August 6th, 2012, 03:42 PM

Quick question, should the cooking time be reduced depending on the wattage of the microwave? Not sure if mine had quite enough sauce or if I am just being a piggy.

**Rouge** · August 6th, 2012, 03:43 PM

My microwave is 1000 watts. So yeah probably

**~me~** · August 6th, 2012, 07:02 PM

Thankyou

Mine is a little higher in watts.

**Rouge** · August 6th, 2012, 07:03 PM

My wink was at myself for not thinking of that. Doh!

**shan23** · August 6th, 2012, 09:11 PM

Thanks to this thread, I now have a microwave bread & butter pudding cooling down LOL! If I only had dark chocolate & cocoa though .... I think some may just accidentally end up in our shopping tomorrow!!